SO MANY SHOWS TO SEE! Everybody's Talking About Jamie officially opens West End Live's 2018 proceedings at 11am this Saturday 16 June. The Saturday schedule continues with a slew of other West End big-hitters, with plenty other #StageFaves musicals and stars including Nathan Amzi, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Emma Kingston and Danielle Hope...

Newcomer Sarah Louise Hughes takes the title role of Little Voice in a brand-new production of Jim Cartwright's 1992 modern classic THE RISE & FALL OF LITTLE VOICE. In this exclusive first interview, Sarah tells us more about her audition experience for such a big role, her time at Italia Conti and her advice for other performers... plus, are you ready for the documentary? Watch a sneak-peek here...

On 9 June, the 2018 Tony Awards took place and in an undeniably epic turn of events, THE BANDS VISIT blew all competition away winning 10 Tony Awards! Yep - TEN!!! To celebrate such a significant victory for the only show in its category of Best Musical (which of course, it won) not to have been based on a popular movie or TV show, we decided our song of the week would be "Answer Me", sung live on TODAY...

Is there any end to the number of screen-to-stage shows on offer? Guest blogger Amanda Reynolds makes the case for newcomers Strictly Ballroom and An Officer & a Gentleman and long-running favourites such as Grease, Mamma Mia! and Hairspray. Just don't bring your popcorn to the theatre...

Time for another #PalladiumPicks and this week we're going classic West End with a performance from THE LION KING. The cast popped by the London Palladium to spread some love and it had us belting along...

The time has nearly come for the 2018 Tony Awards and everyone here at StageFaves is just SO EXCITED!!! We can barely contain ourselves, but in order to help us make it to the weekend and the official ceremony, we decided to put together clips from all of the 2018 Best Musical nominees. Who would you like to win..?

It's #HamiltonHumpDay! And this week we decided to choose one of our favourite ever #HamilDrop videos! Arianna Afsar, Shoba Narayan, Lexi Lawson, Rachelle Ann Go and Julia Harriman joined together to record the beautiful, spine-tingling "First Burn". Watch the video, here and rejoice in just how awesome HAMILTON truly is...

Turn up the volume. We've got TWO thrilling videos for Stephen Dolginoff's THRILL ME: The Leopold & Loeb Story, which returns to London this month after a major tour and international success. Watch the new show trailer plus an extract of Ellis Dackombe and Harry Downes' killer performances in Guy Retallack’s production...

We're counting down to the much-anticipated UK premiere of John Bucchino's IT'S ONLY LIFE, running at London's Union Theatre on 13 June 2018. From across the pond, the award-winning American composer and lyricist himself has sent this special message for London theatregoers and #StageFaves fans...

We're counting down to the UK premiere of John Bucchino's award-winning American musical revue IT'S ONLY LIFE, starting at London's Union Theatre on 13 June 2018. Watch what Noel Sullivan and his co-stars have been getting up to in the rehearsal room, including a beautiful rendition of the title song...

Rehearsals are in full swing for the UK premiere of John Bucchino's award-winning American musical revue IT'S ONLY LIFE. But how do you prepare for a show when there is - literally - NO SCRIPT? Director Tania Azevedo took a break from putting the cast through their paces to tell us...

It's #HamiltonHumpDay and this one is a beauty! Josh Castile is an actor best known for the recent Broadway production of SPRING AWAKENING with a cast of deaf actors. He's currently playing Quasimodo in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME in America and recently stopped by the ASL Cabaret to perform arguably the best song from HAMILTON - Satisfied...

It's been a big year for TV and film adaptations on Broadway. Joining MEAN GIRLD leading the way at the 2018 Tony Awards with TWELVE nominations is SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS. Watch the cast performing "Hero Is My Middle Name" from the show, live on TODAY...

Time for another #PalladiumPicks and this week it's a song from the longest running musical in the West End, LES MISERABLES. Jeremy Secomb popped by the London Palladium for a very intense rendition of "Stars" sung by the character Javert. We reckon those sideburns deserve an acting credit of their own...

It is without a doubt one of the biggest shows ever written. HAMILTON feels like it's been around for decades but that's not actually the case. It all started in 2009, when writer Lin-Manuel Miranda took a risk and performed a version of what is now the opening of the show at the White House Poetry Jam. This #HamiltonHumpDay, take a look at the moment the worldwide phenomenon was born...

What's the secret to a modern librettist-composer relationship? How did an episode of BBC Radio Four's From Our Own Correspondent lead to an original British musical? Ahead of SAN DOMINO's full-scale run at London's Tristan Bates Theatre, we catch up with collaborators and former bandmates Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker about their partnership and the show's journey to date...

As part of the Finborough's Celebrating British Music Theatre series, David Heneker and Warner Brown's love letter to Hollywood's first movie stars THE BIOGRAPH GIRL receives its first revival since its 1980 West End premiere. We caught up with #StageFaves Sophie Linder-Lee and Lauren Chinery about the show and the real-life Hollywood legends they play: Mary Pickford and Dorothy Gish...

Idina Menzel made it one of the most iconic Disney songs ever. Demi Lovato made it rock out. Now it's Caissie Levy's turn to immortalise the tune for Broadway. Disney have now released the official music video for the Broadway version of Let It Go from FROZEN...

What a cast! Rebecca Trehearn, Adam J Bernard, Alexia Khadime and more have been confirmed for the concert performance (and UK Premiere) of Andrew Lippa's A LITTLE PRINCESS this May...

There is no arguing the place of Stephen Sondheim atop any list of modern Musical Theatre composers. Our first #StageFavesSongOfTheWeek from him, is one of the most iconic songs from INTO THE WOODS. Watch this clip of Bernadette Peters absolutely slaying "Last Midnight" from this wonderful show...